Tolland / Taland / Tolandar

INFORMATION

FontID: 14681TOL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Country Name: England

Location: Somerset, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B3188, 16 km NW of Taunton

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Jeboult (1873): "The font is very ancient, and is lead-lined." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The National Monuments Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=270121] [accessed 30 September 2009] notes: "Round font on pedestal."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

REFERENCES

Jeboult, Edward, A General Account of West Somerset, description of the Valley of the Tone, and the history of the twon of Taunton, Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-press, 1873